In order to better guarantee the right of residence of legal residents and to combat the illegal entry and residence of foreign nationals in France, personal data may be collected, stored and processed automatically under the conditions provided for by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and by the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l’informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, les empreintes digitales ainsi que une photographie des ressortissants étrangers :
1° Who apply for a visa from a consulate or at the external border of States party to the Schengen Agreement signed on 19 June 1990, in order to stay in France or on the territory of another State party to the said Agreement; these fingerprints and photograph must be taken if a visa is issued;
2° Who, not being nationals of a Member State of the European Union, the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway or the Swiss Confederation, apply for the issue of a residence permit pursuant to article L. 411-1 ;
3° Who are illegally present in France, who are the subject of a decision to expel them from French territory or who, having been checked when crossing the border from a country that is not a party to the Schengen Agreement signed on 19 June 1990, do not fulfil the entry conditions laid down in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) or in Article L. 311-1;
4° Who benefit from assisted return under article L. 711-2.